AIDS 2016: Protecting Human Rights and Reducing Stigma
Read the opening speech of the Durban International AIDS Conference by Justice Edwin Cameron.
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Durban: From AIDS 2000 to AIDS 2016
By Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim & Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim – AIDS Conferences are unique in being a cross between a scientific meeting and a community engagement forum. People from all walks of life attend these meetings and they are a far cry from the usual rigid structure in scientific conferences in order to…
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South Africa on the front foot and moving forwards
By Professor Linda-Gail Bekker & Professor Robin Wood – The June 2000 UNAIDS global report on AIDS painted a sombre picture: already South Africa had the greatest number of people living with HIV than any other country in the world and life expectancy had fallen rapidly to historical levels.
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How HIV shaped us
HIV changed our society at a time when South Africa needed no distraction as it battled to rebuild a nation post-apartheid., write Professor Glenda Gray and Professor James A. McIntyre.
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HIV and non-communicable diseases: a dangerous partnership
Over the years, HIV and the ensuing global epidemic has resulted in millions of deaths. With the advent of antiretroviral therapy, and the advocacy efforts of civil society, HIV-related mortality has significantly decreased, as has mother-to-child transmission.
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Vuyiseka Dubula: So many have forgotten
By Vuyiseka Dubula – I was just months away from knowing my own HIV status when, in the year 2000, the people took over the streets of Durban marking a revolution to come. Although I was not present in Durban for that year’s AIDS conference – I was already connected to the struggle.
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How the dark age of HIV/AIDS changed our democracy – Professor Hoosen Coovadia’s personal view
Professor Hoosen Coovadia writes that he was thrust into the vortex of International AIDS Society’s 13th International AIDS conference in 2000 as chairperson by close colleagues Professor Quarraisha Abdool-Karim and Dr Gustaaf Wolvaardt, presumably due to the absence of any suitable alternatives, because of his academic record (such as it was at that time) and…
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Time to take a cold, hard look
With over 3 000 people dying from HIV infection every single day and 5 500 becoming newly infected, AIDS is not over by any means, writes Professor Peter Piot.
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So many successes, but too many new HIV infections
As the global HIV community returns to South Africa for the International AIDS Conference, there is no better time to take stock of the progress the country has made, write Dr Fareed Abdullah and Kanya Ndaki.
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It’s too soon to speak of the end of AIDS
There has been remarkable progress in the AIDS response. We have come a long way since the 13th International AIDS Conference was hosted in Durban in 2000.
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Edwin Cameron | How the law helps – or hinders – the fight against the AIDS epidemic
It has been almost 35 years since AIDS was identified. Thirty-five long years, since the disquieting realisation that young men in North America, in the prime of their lives, were dying from a hitherto unknown virus.
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